Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:29A-2

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Any trust arising under the provisions of this act shall be enforceable by a civil action in the Superior Court of New Jersey and that court shall have jurisdiction to make any appropriate order or judgment both pendente lite and final to fully effectuate the purposes of this act.

L.1962, c. 208, s. 2.